The Indian-made four-stage Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) launched 10 satellites at one go from Sriharikota, South India. Of the ten satellites, two are from India and the eight nano satellites belong to other countries. The total weight of the satellites was 820 kg. It is a great achievement and India thus becomes the second country in the world to do so. Russia launched 13 satellites in April 2007.
The concerned scientists need to be congratulated for the feat. In spite of the disappointing 6th Pay Commission recommendations, the scientists from the government laboratories have proved to be concerned more about the national prestige than the shrinking pay packet of the middle-level working officials.
There are concerns about the heavy traffic in space. It is reported that there are thousands of debris, related to the space activities moving around in the space, and the renewed apace activities world-wide will create apprehension amongst the public about the safety in space. The countries should also be ready with the emergency preparedness plans to handle any type of incidents in space which will affect the humans on earth. From global warming considerations, we are also burning a lot of fuel in space and discharging greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide.
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